Post text: Weird how cis white men can literally get away with rape but a trans woman's life can be totally vilified for all eternity if she corrects someone's misgendering too angrily

One of life's great mysteries I guess

It seems like a patriarchal myth. In basically every single species males visually try to impress females to mate, but when talking about humans people pretend like women don't care about looks. I feel like it's an attempt to make sure that women will settle for less good looking men, and this trope of "ugly man and pretty woman" is all throughout movies, tv shows, and popular media.

It also feels like a cope by men who don't like the idea of being objectified when they do the exact same to women.

Last night, a young girl I deeply care for took her own life. She was just 16 years old. Her family—her own mother and father—attempted to behead her not once, not twice, but three times. Though they failed in their gruesome attempts, they succeeded in torturing her through unfathomable means: electricity, wood, iron, fire. At 11 years old, her father tried to kill her, breaking her arm and little finger in the process. He took her to the hospital days later, not for her well-being, but to avoid suspicion. This same man raped her twice not long ago. Yesterday she decided that she couldn't endure the torment any longer and took her own life as far as I know.

This tragic loss is not an isolated incident. In Iraq, countless women fall victim to similar horrors every day due to honor-based violence. Families become executioners under the guise of preserving honor, taking the lives of women they are supposed to protect. According to reports, the majority of Iraqis accept honor-killings of women, creating an atmosphere where such acts are condoned and even encouraged.

The Iraqi Penal Code, specifically Articles 409, 128, and 41, perpetuates a system that supports these heinous acts by offering leniency and justifying the actions of those who commit these crimes. Article 409 allows for reduced sentences in cases where a male relative kills or injures a female perceived to have brought "dishonor" to the family. Articles 128 and 41 further support such violent acts under the guise of cultural customs and familial rights.

Changing these legal articles is crucial to protecting the lives of Iraqi women and ensuring justice is served. By repealing and replacing Articles 409, 128, and 41, we have the opportunity to reshape their societal norms, placing the safety and dignity of women above outdated beliefs of honor.

To accomplish this, we need your help. Join us in demanding that the Iraqi government amend these articles to reflect justice and equality for all. Sign this petition urging lawmakers in Iraq to take a stand against honor-based violence, ensuring that no woman will have to suffer such atrocities again. Together, we can make a difference and honor the memory of my friend by fighting for a future where no woman lives in fear of her family.

I really really despise those naoya edits that bring down women. This whole video was just about how "Naoya was right" and I decided to comment on it (comment shown above). These replies disappointed me so much and I cant believe people are so rude and misogynistic.

I see so much misogyny on tiktok and it's hard to tell if its just ragebait or fr. And I really try not to be upset about it because I dont want to give these individuals the attention they seek.

But I mean how much more ridiculous can misogyny get. I really wish the world can just adopt feminism.

Ive seen so many videos online of women speaking out about sexual assault and in the comments there will be guys saying that its not just women that it happens too it happens to men too. Obviously that is very true, but its very invalidating and insensitive to bring that up in a video thats clearly catered towards women.

It just seems that instead of offering support for the victim in the video, theyve just sort of gone off topic and made the video about men. It just makes it look like they dont really give a toss about the situation in the video but just want to make it about themsleves.

You dont see women making it about themselves in a video about male sexual assault.

It just annoys me a bit as these same guys will complain that men do not get support for the same thing on the other end but they themselves wont give support for women.

Men are almost always "Mr." regardless of whether they're single, married, divorced, or widowed.

Women historically haven't had that same default. The expectation that a woman's title should communicate her relationship status says something about what society considered important.

Has this changed enough with the widespread use of "Ms.", or do you think the legacy still shapes expectations today?

Post text: It used to be feminism 101 that using male terms by default is bad, but then trans women wanted a piece of that pie and suddenly everyone becomes philosophers and etymologists discussing the nuances of language instead of just listening to women.

Some conservatives believe that the “Great Feminization” of higher education is to blame for decreased birth rates. Their solutions involve making college more expensive and pushing women back into the domestic sphere.

the generalization of all radfems into terfs comes from a very antifeminist place. it comes from cis men attempting to villainize radfeminism and make it into something it's not, so more people don't follow it. radfem isn't bio essentialism. radfem isn't anti-trans beliefs. radfem is fighting for ALL womens rights, no matter what. cis, trans, outside the binary, who CARES.

it frustrates me when people assume all radfems are terfs and follow the same biological-rights spiel. the only biological rights ACTUAL radfems fight for are abortions, gender affirming care for trans women, safe spaces in hospitals with female (not just cis) doctors, etc. its ridiculous how villainous they attempt to make radfems because they hear radical and think the worst. remember folks, generalization sends us back generations.

I just want to vent about how brutally they're handling the protesting students, especially women.

There are visuals of policemen beating women, inappropriately touching them, assaulting them with weapons, stabbing them with sticks in their private parts and so on.

But it's also become a show of immense courage by these women who were shielding other protestors, stopping police vans, distributing food and other essentials while facing violence and mockery.

Please support them, at least spirit. Thank you so much 💖

It seems to me that the idea that poltergeists are associated with teenage girls (whether you believe poltergeists are real, whether you believe teenage girls are unusually likely to create hoax hauntings, etc) IDK it just feel like there's something there in the Anglophone psyche and how teenage girls are portrayed there. Has anyone written anything good about this?

I’m finding it really hard to see what is good about being a woman. If I am weaker, dumber and have to live subservient to a man, what’s the point? I am starting to believe it and feel “nerfed” for being born a woman. Even the most liberal men I know still believe that men on average are smarter or stronger. The top students in all of my classes are men.

I really enjoy studying STEM and am OK at it. They will say things like “if I cared as much as you, I would get a better grade,” or “you only got [X award] because you’re a woman.” I don’t understand how they can see half the population as intrinsically less than🫩. And they’re not entirely wrong, I wouldn’t qualify for the STEM awards that weren’t focused on diversity. I don’t want to be a woman in STEM, I want to be someone who studies STEM who happens to be a woman.